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Purchase through my online gallery atDaily Paintworks HERE.(Painted for day 29 of 30 of the Leslie Saeta paint 30 paintings in 30 days challenge.) I
do hope that if you started out on this challenge you have made it this
far. I do enjoy making goals and sticking with them to completion;
however many of mine never made it. I'm thinking of sewing a brown tweed
wool tailored coat that I came to hate and it ended up in the trash
before it was finished. That fabric looked much better in the store and
me in brown? No. We need to remember if first you don't succeed, sky
diving is not for you. But I've put some kind of paint down each day for
29 days and some little paintings I like better than others but sky
diving is not in my future.What is in my future as a Canvas by Canvas member is making plans for a show with reception flowers at the Breckenridge Fine Art Center
in March and April, with the reception March 10. Here are seven of the
members in executive session at Pho in Fort Worth yesterday discussing
the logistics. Save the date and see you there. You are not required to
bring flowers.

Just sold! Shimmering colors of autumn: Aspen trees quiver, their light graceful leaves tremble and quake, silver and gold, silver and gold with each light breeze.

There is the quiet energy of change coming and vibrant color charges the woods. Crisp fall mountain air, clean bright skies overhead, a band of slender straight trucks cut bright strokes of white against a dazzling tumble of green, crimson and gold.

This little 8"x8" aspen acrylic palette knife painting, "Joyful Expectation", is loaded with texture and is available for immediate purchase at Galerie Matilda in Historic Roswell, Ga. This painting was inspired by my trip to Crested Butte, Colorado and particularly the aspen forests on Kebler Pass.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

I
started this one at the ranch on the Saturday paintout. I liked how the
Spanish moss looked blowing in the breeze. There were a few things I
needed to tweak, it wasn't done 100 percent on location. About 99
percent. I like it a lot better now. Its 11 x 14 inches, oil on
masonite. $500.

Most of this painting was completed in plein air on the banks of this quiet stream. Later, I applied finishing touches in my studio. When I'm painting outdoors, I appreciate the variety of strokes I can achieve with the palette knife, in addition to the ease of packing and cleaning the knife.

My winter garden is a bit meager, but a few pansies are determined to make their appearance and have survived two small snowfalls. I love their whimsical, ruffley edges. I began this painting with a completely transparent underpainting in yellows and greens, and then built my clay pot with Transparent Oxide Red. I used my dry paper towel to lift out highlight areas, and then shaped the pansies with brush and palette knife. The last step was laying in the bright opaque greens and the blue sky peeping through to give the flowers light and air. After a day with overcast gray skies, it felt like time for some bright color!

Shimmering colors of autumn: Aspen and Oak trees quiver, their light graceful leaves tremble and quake, silver and gold, scarlet and tangerine, with each light breeze. There is the quiet energy of change coming and vibrant color charges the woods. Crisp fall mountain air, a band of slender straight trunks cut bright strokes of white against a dazzling tumble of amber and crimson. Staccato strokes and shimmering hues add to the feeling of change in the air and suggest the wind whistling through the foliage.

Another
nocturnal painting. This one is in honor and memory of my loved ones,
be they relative or friends -- when I got outside at night here in the
northern part of Colorado, I often see many, many stars, all shades of
pink, white, yellow, even lavender, and they are twinkling and winking
at me -- I know that my loved ones, whom I miss so much, are there in
the night.